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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is it thought that Madeleine moves after leaving Benny?

2. What does Uncle Bill call Del's mother?

3. What is Del's job during the fishing expeditions?

4. What news does Del receive when she returns home from her aunts' house?

5. What is the name of the woman Benny brings home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Benny's penchant for clutter.

2. What do Del's aunts believe about ambition in life?

3. Who is the surprise visitor from America who arrives at Del's house one day?

4. Where do Del's aunts move after Uncle Craig dies?

5. Why does Benny ask Del if she can write?

6. What object of Uncle Craig's do Del's aunts give to her after his death?

7. How does the story begin?

8. How does Del manage the news that Uncle Craig has died?

9. What is especially troubling for Del about the plan to kill Major?

10. How does Del behave when she no longer wants to participate in her mother's sales calls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Del desperately wants to distinguish herself from her mother yet she is like her in many ways. Name some ways that Del is different from her mother as well as some ways that she is like her mother.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Del Jordan. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Del?

Essay Topic 3

Del loves to escape her world through reading and this becomes an important theme throughout the book. Name at least two other themes in the cycle of stories and cite two examples for each to support your answers.

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